"The Pocket Asquith" is announced, and we are asked to say that the
pocket in question is not Mr. REDMOND'S.
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The discovery of gold particles in a duck's gizzard has, we are told,
caused a rush of mining prospectors to Liberty Township, Ohio. It is
expected that the duck will shortly be floated as a limited liability
company.
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The Valuation Department has discovered at Llangammarch Wells,
Brecknockshire, 50 acres of land for which no owner can be found.
Anyone, therefore, who has lost any land is recommended to communicate
at once with the Department.
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The ASTRONOMER-ROYAL, in reading his annual report at the Royal
Observatory last week, said that the mean temperature of the year 1913
was 50.5 degrees. Seeing that this temperature was one degree above the
average for the 70 years ended 1910, we consider that the epithet was
undeserved.
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We hesitate to suggest that _The Times_ is catering for cannibals, but
it is certainly curious that a recent issue should have contained the
following headlines:--
"PREPARED FOODS. INFANTS, CHILDREN & INVALIDS."
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By the way, the little essay on "Foods of Antiquity" omitted to mention
that these may still be picked up by curio-hunters at certain railway
buffets.
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What has become of all the cabs which have been displaced by the taxis?
is a question which is often asked. It has now been partially answered.
According to a cable published last week, "The steamer _Rappahannock_
reports the presence of numerous icebergs and 'growlers' on the North
Atlantic steamship routes."
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At last there are signs of a reaction against under-dressing on the
stage. The producers of a new revue advertise:--